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AFRICA MEDIA’s RYAN JOHNSON JOINS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WILD’S SHARK ATTACK EXPERIMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISPEL MYTHS ABOUT SHARK ATTACKS. Are sharks really out to get us? Are these predators mindless man eaters demonized by the popular media and movies like “Jaws”? That’s the driving question behind this high-adrenaline, two-hour live National Geographic event. Shark Attack...

AFRICA MEDIA’S RYAN JOHNSON LEADS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FILMING AND RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO FALSE BAY, SOUTH AFRICA. AIM TO TEST THE SELFISH HERD HYPOTHESIS USING GREAT WHITES AS LAB RATS.. National Geographic Wild, 2010. A shark shoots skyward, tackling a herd of seals, as Nat Geo expert Ryan Johnson heads to sea with researcher Alta De […]

AFRICA MEDIA’S RYAN JOHNSON TRAVELS TO MAURITIUS TO HUNT FOR THE HIDDEN SHARK PITS IN A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND FILMING EXPEDITION. National Geographic Channel, 2009. The discovery of what native Mauritian diver and keen naturalist Hugues Vitry calls “shark pits” is the origin of unanswered questions about the unusual behaviour of sharks in underground caves off the […]

AFRICA MEDIA’S RYAN JOHNSON REVEALS TO NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC THE OUTCOMES OF A SIX YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT INTO THE HIDDEN LIVES OF THE GREAT WHITE SHARK. National Geographic Channel, 2007 The Great White shark is a formidable predator but much of its life is still a mystery. Scientist Ryan Johnson set out on a six-year study […]